[koumori]

Sure, I can understand why it can get annoying. /shrug

But although I personally didn't discover Ayu in this way, I know alot of people who discovered her music only from first listening to her from the InuYasha soundtrack.

Also I really liked an anime called Fruits Basket years ago, and I really liked the japanese versions of the opening and ending, so I only watched it in Japanese with the subtitles on just for the songs.

And don't even get me started on the amount of people here in England who discovered Japanese music wasn't all koto's and what not when Naruto started using their Japanese opening theme for English episodes too.

Sure it's a disappointment, but alot of people slowly get into the J-Pop scene by first listening to anime soundtracks. When you actually don't live in an asian country, you don't really get much chance to listen to J-Pop artists or hear of them at all. Over here, I've never met another Ayumi Hamasaki fan face-to-face, unless I've converted them. (haha)
Utada Hikaru, although more known in the Western world - I haven't met any other fans of hers in real life, even though I know of people who've played Kingdom Hearts. (They just haven't looked up the name of the singer )

Sometimes it takes time for them to get any chance to start listening to the actual J-Pop scene, I think it's good in a sense that they're listening to at least anime music. It's spreading the love of the Japanese language and making more people accepting of other cultures. I'm sure that can only be a good thing.

I wouldn't be too harsh on people who only listen to anime music. Just because they haven't heard of big artists doesn't mean anything; it means they're more likely to become their fan if you show them their music. Think it more as an opputunity than a let-down.